The structure of collective bargaining and worker representation: Change and persistence in the German model

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This paper depicts and examines the decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany. Using repeat cross-section and longitudinal data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show the overwhelming importance of behavioral as opposed to compositional change and, for the first time, document workplace transitions into and out of collective agreements via survival analysis. We provide estimates of the median duration of coverage, and report that the factors generating entry and exit are distinct and symmetric.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5987

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining: General ; Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
• Subject: sectoral and firm agreements ; changes in collective bargaining/works council coverage ; shift-share analysis ; bargaining transitions ; survivability ; Tarifpolitik ; Lohnverhandlungen ; Betriebsrat ; Arbeitsverhältnis ; Outsourcing ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Addison, John T. ; Teixeira, Paulino ; Bryson, Alex ; Pahnke, André
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/55062
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20111011210
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET